Curated OER
Cecilia's Year
Students read the novel "Cecilia's Year". They answer questions to test for reading comprehension. They also relate the story to their own life.
Curated OER
Slave Narratives
Students use a database to find and read examples of slave narratives. In groups, they read the various narratives and discuss their feelings about them. They also research the time period in which the narratives were written to end...
Curated OER
The Concept of the Hero
Students explore the symbolic implications for the concept of the hero with a focus on the Beowulf theme. In this hero concept lesson, students find specific examples of monsters from Beowulf to complete the chart. Students list the...
Curated OER
Words and Music - Lesson 2
High schoolers analyze the relationships among cultural values, freedom of artistic expression, ethics, and artistic choices in various cultures and historical periods.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: The Music of the Romantic Era
Here is a nice introduction to the Romantic Era. It describes the various elements and the composers of this time.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: Sonnets in the Romantic Era
Information on the use of the sonnet as a poetry form during the Romantic Era, as well as many links to sonnets written during the time.
University of Maryland
University of Maryland: Romantic Circles
Extensive site dedicated to Romantic Studies. Best to use the search function. Includes modern poets reading Romantic poetry.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Romantic Period, 1785 1830
Read brief descriptions of popular authors and works from the Romantic Period of British literature.
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Toby Rush
Music Theory: Romantic Era Techniques [Pdf]
A music theory worksheet regarding romantic era techniques. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: The Romantic Revival Byron
Information on the life and works of Byron and several other Romantic-era writers is offered at this site, with links to critical analyses of these works.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: The Romantic Revival: Shelley
This site has links to literary criticism of selected poems by Percy Shelley and other Romantic-era poets and writers.
University of California
University of California: British Women Romantic Poets
Don't miss out on learning more about the female poets of the British Romantic Period. This University of California Davis site provides links to text and information on British women poets of the Romantic Era, many of which are unknown...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Romantic Revival
Explore the world of British Literature from the Romantic Period. This site focuses on information on the authors of the romantic period, as well as links to their works. Check it out.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: The Romantic Era
This personal site provides a description of the era, with an extensive list of links to authors of the time.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Romantic Era
This personal site from The History Guide is great background information on the romantic period, though little of it deals directly with music.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Literary Resources: Romantic Period
Search this comprehensive site for links to the authors and the writings of the Romantic Period. Don't miss out on this amazing collection of links. As Professor Jack Lynch, who created the list, has noted, these pages are outdated and...
University of Maryland
Romantic Circles Praxis Series
Use this informative site that serves as a host of the primary anthologies available in the field of Romantic literature. This comprehensive site will help you develop more knowledge of British Romantic authors and their works.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Girodet Romantic Rebel
A wonderfully detailed exhibition site, developed by the Art Institute of Chicago, devoted to this gifted French painter, whose work is often viewed in opposition to the prevailing neoclassical style of his time. With a career that...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Romanticism
Wikipedia provides a detailed site on Romanticism, an artistic and intellectual movement in the late 18th century. This site includes several examples of artwork from the Romantic era.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Themes
From Romantic poetry to Gothic horror, from depictions of poverty and industrialization to portrayals of the middle classes, and from crime fiction to fin de siecle decadence: the literary works of the Romantic and Victorian periods...
Other
The Thomas Love Peacock Society
The T. L. Peacock Society serves to popularize the virtues of Peacock's novels and poetry as well as other writings. This index page links to full-text novels and poems by the 19th century Romantic-era writer.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Sound Bites: Tasting the Texture of Classical Music
Did you know that your sense of hearing can determine texture? This Science Buddies science fair project has you experiment with four major eras in western music to determine the texture of the music. The Science Buddies project ideas...
University of Pennsylvania
Romanticism: Authors
This resource provides links to many authors of the Romantic era. Biographies, works, and portraits are displayed for each author.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Thomas Love Peacock: The Growth of the Novel
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry explains Peacock's role in the rise of gothic fiction in the early 19th century Romantic era.